1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Cork (3rd win) Captain Donal Aherne Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Sligo Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Dublin Ulster Armagh Connacht Sligo The 1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 37th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18. Cork entered the championship as defending champions. On 22 September 1968, Cork won the championship following a 3-5 to 1-10 defeat of Sligo in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession.https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0928/238817-minor_foot_roh/ All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour RTÉ Sport 20 September 2011 19 November 2012 Results Connacht Minor Football Championship Quarter-finals 1968 Quarter-final Galway football 1-09 – 2-06 Roscommon football Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe 1968 Quarter-final replay Galway football 2-09 – 1-07 Roscommon football St. Comans Park, Roscommon Semi-finals 7 July 1968 Semi-final Mayo football 3-05 – 1-07 Sligo football Markievicz Park, Sligo 1968 Semi-final Leitrim football 0-02 – 2-10 Galway football Markievicz Park, Sligo Final 21 July 1968 Final Sligo football 1-08 – 0-07 Galway football MacHale Park, Castlebar Munster Minor Football Championship Preliminary round 1968 Preliminary round Tipperary football 2-10– 2-04 Waterford football Ned Hall Park, Clonmel Quarter-finals 1968 Quarter-final Cork football 1-13– 1-10 Finbars football 1968 Quarter-final Clare football 1-10 – 2-07 Waterford football 1968 Quarter-final Tipperary football 3-11 – 1-06 Limerick football Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary 1968 Quarter-final replay Clare football 1-08 – 1-07 Waterford football Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary Semi-finals 1968 Semi-final Cork football 3-08 – 1-06 Waterford football Fraher Field, Dungarvan 1968 Semi-final Kerry football 2-13 – 1-08 Tipperary football Austin Stack Park, Tralee Final 14 July 1968 Final Kerry football 0-02 – 2-13 Cork football Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Ulster Minor Football Championship Quarter-finals 1968 Quarter-final Derry football 0-08 – 0-05 Antrim football Casement Park, Belfast 1968 Quarter-final Tyrone football 3-11 – 0-07 Donegal football Bundoran 1968 Quarter-final Cavan football 6-12 – 0-08 Fermanagh football Breffni Park, Cavan Semi-finals 1968 Semi-final Derry football 0-07 – 1-04 Tyrone football 1968 Semi-final Armagh football 1-10 – 1-07 Down football St Tiernach's Park, Clones Final 28 July 1968 Final Armagh football 4-08 – 1-07 Derry football Casement Park, Belfast Leinster Minor Football Championship First round 1968 First round Laois football 3-14 – 3-06 Wexford football Dr Cullen Park, Carlow 1968 First round Wicklow football 4-03 – 4-05 Carlow football Geraldine Park, Athy Second round 1968 Second round Laois football 8-16 – 0-07 Carlow football Geraldine Park, Athy 1968 Second round Kildare football 6-17 – 1-02 Kilkenny football St Conleth's Park, Newbridge Quarter-finals 1968 Quarter-final Meath football 4-04 – 1-07 Westmeath football Croke Park, Dublin 1968 Quarter-final Louth football 2-09 – 1-07 Kildare football Croke Park, Dublin 1968 Quarter-final Laois football 2-09 – 1-06 Kildare football 1968 Quarter-final Dublin football 1-10 – 0-12 Longford football Semi-finals 1968 Semi-final Laois football 3-07 – 2-09 Louth football Croke Park, Dublin 1968 Semi-final Dublin football 0-09 – 0-08 Meath football Páirc Tailteann, Navan Final 21 July 1968 Final Dublin football 1-11 – 0-08 Laois football Croke Park, Dublin All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-finals 4 August 1968 Semi-final Cork 2-10 - 1-06 Dublin A Murphy 1-8, D Ahern 1-0, D McCarthy 0-1, J Coleman 0-1. V Daly 1-0, J Reilly 0-5, P Gogarty 0-1. Croke Park, Dublin S McLoughlin (Galway) 18 August 1968 Semi-final Sligo 1-06 - 1-03 Armagh R Boland 1-1, R Sherlock 0-2, J Quinn 0-2, P Kearins 0-1. M Murphy 1-1, P Loughran 0-1, M Maginn 0-1. J Dennigan (Cork) Croke Park, Dublin Final 22 September 1968 Final Cork 3-05 - 1-10 Sligo J Coleman 1-1, F Twomey 1-0, B Cummins 1-0, A Murphy 0-2, B Murphy 0-1. D Kearins 0-5, N Kelleher 1-0, H Quinn 0-3, R Henry 0-1, A Richardson 0-1. Croke Park, Dublin L Maguire (Monaghan) Championship statistics Miscellaneous Donal Aherne of Cork becomes the second player after Tyrone's Eddie Devlin to captain a team to two All-Ireland titles. References 1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship